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DON'T THINK TWICE
WORDS BY ALF ESTBERG AND DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT"
It ain't no use to sit around and cry, guy
You just didn't do your best,
And any fool can tell you 'xactly why - - (sigh)
You shoulda studied for the test!
Now you wish there was something you could do or say
To change that grade but there's just one way.
You'll just have to do your homework everyday!
Don't think twice, it's alright.
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BASIC GRAPHS
WORDS BY: JOHN A. CARTER
TUNE: "CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG"
x equals opposite b
Plus or minus the square root of
b squared minus 4ac
All over two times a.
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GRAPH THAT POLYNOMIAL
WORDS BY: JOHN A. CARTER
TUNE: "SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT"
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UNIT CIRCLE
WORDS BY: J014N A. CARTER
TUNE: "ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY"
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SIERPINSKI'S GASKET
WORDS BY: DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "MEIN HUT DER HAT DREI ECKEN" OR
"MY HAT IT HAS THREE CORNERS"
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THE FINISHED PROOF
WORDS BY: ALF ESTBERG'S GEOMETRY CLASS
TUNE: "THE BRADY BUNCH THEME"
But 'til the one day when the statement met this reason
And they knew they could live under the same roof'.
That this problem would finally be complete
And that's the way they became the finished proof.
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SOHCAHTOA!
WORDS BY: KATHY ANDERSON
TUNE: "OKLAHOMA!"
SOHCAHTOA where we de-fine sine, cosine, and tan.
And the ratios of each of those follow letters S, C, and T.
SOHCAHTOA - opposite on hypotenuse is sine,
And for cosine oh, it's the ratio,
Of ad-ja-cent on hypotenuse.
We know we can't forget tan, it's the opposite on a-jay-cent.
SOHCAHTOA. SOHCAHTOA,
SOHCAHTOA, okay!
CHEERS TO INTEGRATION
WORDS BY: STUDENTS IN J. CARTER'S CALCULUS AB CLASS
TUNE: "THE CHEERS THEME"
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF ALGEBRA
WORDS BY: JOHN A. CARTER
TUNE: "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
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WE WILL GRAPH YOU!
WORDS BY: JOHN A. CARTER
TUNE: "WE WILL ROCK YOU!"
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THE PROPERTY SONG
WORDS BY: JOHN A. CARTER
TUNE: "THIS OLD MAN"
This property, the Commutative Property,
Tells us that we are free
To change the order of a sum,
Also in a multiplication.
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HOMEWORK CONNECTION
WORDS BY: DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "RAINBOW CONNECTION"
If math is frustrating
Stop procrastinating
And then in your heart you will see.
Soon you will I] find it -the homework connection,
The students, the teachers, and me.
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COMPLEX NUMBERS
WORDS BY: DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "OLD MACDONALD"
Complex numbers are lotsa fun. i-i-i-i-i
'Cause i's the square toot of negative 1. i-i-i-i-i
With an (a + bi) here and an (a + bi) there.
Here an (a + bi) , there an (a + bi)
Everywhere an (a+ bi).
Complex numbers are lotsa fun. i-i-i-i-i
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THE POLYNOMIAL DANCE
WORDS BY: DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "HOKEY POKEY"
You put your right hand out,
You put your left hand out,
You can even flip direction
Or jump straight up and down.
Now that's a constant function
And it makes you want to shout,
"Polynomials can dance about!"
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FRACTAL GEOMETRY
WORDS BY: DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "YELLOW SUBMARINE"
Chorus: We love to do fractal geometry,
Fractal Geometry, fractal Geometry,
We love to do fractal geometry,
Fractal geometry, fractal geometry,
In the world that we all live,
There's so much that we don't understand,
But there's a tool that we now have,
That will certainly lend us a hand.
(Chorus)
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THE CHAIN RULE
WORDS BY: JOHN A. CARTER
TUNE: "CLEMENTINE"
(x + y)2 ≠ x2 +Y2
x + y quan-ti-ty squared
Is NOT x squared plus y squared
'Cause if you try to FOIL it out
A middle term has ap-peared.
(x + y)2 = x 2 + 2xy + Y2
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THE NUMBER WE CALL e
WORDS BY. DANE R. CAMP
TUNE: "THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT"
There's a number
A special number
We use it constant-leeee (2 times)
(Chorus)
For log-a-rithms
Yes log-a-rithms
The base is naturally-eeee (2 times)
(Chorus)
To com-pound int'rest
Contin-u-ous int'rest
It's Pert shampoo for meeeeeee (2 times)
(Chorus)
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